"What ideal, immutable Platonic cloud could equal the beauty and perfection of any ordinary everyday cloud floating over, say, Tuba City, Arizona, on a hot day in June?"

-- Edward Abbey

#Cities Quotes #Clouds Quotes #June Quotes

“As a woman and as a feminist, I am very well aware of how women have been oppressed and segregated for a thousand of years and I bristle at the fact in 21 century Australia women are still being kept out of public life and I'm sorry, when you wear a burqa you cannot attribute to society as much as you can without it.”

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“Is my strike zone bigger than others? Yeah. It might be bigger than others, but I don't have a problem with it.”
“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
“I have to admit that I don't even try to speak Russian, though I understand it perfectly. I wouldn't want to insult the language by testing out my pronunciations”
“I remember when I was coaching down at Florida, we would always lose kids in recruiting battles to Clemson. I would tell my coaches that we shouldn't be losing kids to Clemson. Charlie Strong responded â€˜coach have you ever actually been to Clemson?â€™ I hadnâ€™t but Iâ€™ll tell you what, Iâ€™ve been here now and I get it. This is an exceptional, special place.”
“The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle.”
“[On spiritualism:] I always knew the living talked rot, but it's nothing to the rot the dead talk.”
“Our government's providing record investments necessary to push the boundaries of knowledge, create jobs, and improve the quality of life of Canadians. Our government is committed to creating the conditions that will allow entrepreneurship to thrive in this country. The collaboration between colleges and local industrial partners generates new products and ideas, creating long-term prosperity for the benefit of all Canadians.”

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